That's Why (album)
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{{For|the Jackie Wilson song|That's Why (I Love You So)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = That's Why
| type = studio
| artist = Craig Morgan
| cover = ThatsWhy.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2008|10|21}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville
| genre = Country
| length = 38:41
| label = BNA Records
| producer = Craig Morgan
Phil O'Donnell
| prev_title = Greatest Hits
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = This Ole Boy
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{Singles
| name = That's Why
| type = Studio
| single1 = Love Remembers
| single1date = May 5, 2008
| single2 = God Must Really Love Me
| single2date = January 20, 2009
| single3 = Bonfire
| single3date = May 20, 2009
| single4 = This Ain't Nothin'
| single4date = January 25, 2010
}}
}}
That's Why is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released on October 21, 2008 by BNA Records (see 2008 in country music) after his departure from Broken Bow Records earlier that same year. As with his first two Broken Bow albums — 2003's I Love It and 2005's My Kind of Livin' — Morgan co-produced the album with Phil O'Donnell. They co-wrote the lead-off single "Love Remembers", which became Morgan's sixth Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Songs charts in November 2008. Following this song was "God Must Really Love Me", which became his first single to miss the Top 20 since "Look At Us", which peaked at number 27 in 2004. A May 21, 2009, reissue replaced two songs with new songs, including "Bonfire", which was released that month as the third single. As of September 18, 2010, the album has sold 60,868 copies in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/cma-fest-tv-show-impacts-album-sales-charts |title=CMA Fest TV Show Impacts Album Sales Charts This Week | New Country Music, Listen to Songs & Video |publisher=Roughstock.com |date= |accessdate=August 14, 2011}}
Content
On May 26, 2009,{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1600571|pure_url=yes}}|title=That's Why Reissue|work=Allmusic|accessdate=August 4, 2009}} That's Why was re-issued with the new tracks "Bonfire" and "This Ain't Nothin'", which replaced "Every Red Light" and "Summer Sundown."{{cite web|url=http://www.engine145.com/craig-morgan-bonfire/|title=Craig Morgan — "Bonfire"|last=Lacy|first=Andrew|date=May 28, 2009|work=Engine 145|accessdate=May 30, 2009|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105416/http://www.engine145.com/craig-morgan-bonfire/|archivedate=December 18, 2014}} Morgan wrote "Bonfire" with former Lyric Street Records artist Kevin Denney, as well as Mike Rogers and Tom Botkin. Released in May as the third single, it debuted at number 55 on the chart week of June 6, 2009. The song became Morgan's third top 5 hit, peaking at number 4.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Country Standard Time
| rev3 = USA Today
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
}}
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewing the album for Allmusic, gave it three stars out of five. He said that the production and lyrics were largely uninspired, and that most of the songs were mid-tempo in nature, but added that Morgan's "cured country croon" kept the material from sounding too much like pop music.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1434281|pure_url=yes}} |title=That's Why review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=Allmusic|accessdate=May 18, 2009}} Jessica Phillips of Country Standard Time gave a more favorable review. Although she said that his lyrics tended towards commonplace country topics such as "patriotism, family, southern pride, faith, and love", she said that the songs were "simple but profoundly observant" and that Morgan's voice recalled Randy Travis. Phillips cited "Lookin' Back with You" as one of the strongest lyrics that Morgan had written, and noted his "almost-power ballad" performance on "Love Remembers".{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3999|title=That's Why review|last=Phillips|first=Jessica|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=May 18, 2009}} USA Today gave the album two and a half stars and wrote, "Everyday life makes for tricky subject matter -- the best songs come alive when he gets the details just right; otherwise, they just rhyme.""Listen Up." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. June 15, 2011.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Love Remembers
| writer1 = Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Lookin' Back with You
| writer2 = Tim James, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = That's Why
| writer3 = Morgan, O'Donnell, Dave Turnbull
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Sticks
| writer4 = Galen Griffin, Gary Hannan, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length4 = 4:20
| title5 = God Must Really Love Me
| writer5 = Jim Collins, Troy Verges
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Summer Sundown
| writer6 = Jeremy Campbell, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length6 = 3:53
| title7 = Every Red Light
| writer7 = Monty Criswell, Rick Huckaby, Wade Kirby
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = It Took a Woman
| writer8 = Jimmy Melton, Turnbull
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Planet Her
| writer9 = Kirby, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length9 = 3:58
| title10 = Ordinary Angels
| writer10 = Angelo Petraglia, Steven Lee Olsen, Richard Supa
| length10 = 4:02
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Re-issue track listing
| title1 = Love Remembers
| writer1 = Morgan, O'Donnell
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Bonfire
| writer2 = Morgan, Kevin Denney, Mike Rogers, Tom Botkin
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = That's Why
| writer3 = Morgan, O'Donnell, Turnbull
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = This Ain't Nothin'
| writer4 = Kerry Kurt Phillips, Chris DuBois
| length4 = 4:02
| title5 = God Must Really Love Me
| writer5 = Collins, Verges
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Lookin' Back with You
| writer6 = James, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length6 = 3:57
| title7 = Sticks
| writer7 = Griffin, Hannan, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length7 = 4:20
| title8 = It Took a Woman
| writer8 = Melton, Turnbull
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Planet Her
| writer9 = Kirby, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length9 = 3:58
| title10 = Ordinary Angels
| writer10 = Petraglia, Olsen, Supa
| length10 = 4:02
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Cracker Barrel re-issue track listing
| title1 = Love Remembers
| writer1 = Morgan, O'Donnell
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Bonfire
| writer2 = Morgan, Denney, Rogers, Botkin
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = That's Why
| writer3 = Morgan, O'Donnell, Turnbull
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = This Ain't Nothin'
| writer4 = Phillips, DuBois
| length4 = 4:02
| title5 = God Must Really Love Me
| writer5 = Collins, Verges
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Lookin' Back with You
| writer6 = James, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length6 = 3:57
| title7 = Sticks
| writer7 = Griffin, Hannan, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length7 = 4:20
| title8 = It Took a Woman
| writer8 = Melton, Turnbull
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Planet Her
| writer9 = Kirby, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length9 = 3:58
| title10 = Ordinary Angels
| writer10 = Petraglia, Olsen, Supa
| length10 = 4:02
| title11 = You
| writer11 = Jeffrey Steele, Tom Hambridge, Craig Wiseman
| length11 = 3:23
| title12 = Summer Sundown
| writer12 = Campbell, Morgan, O'Donnell
| length12 = 3:53
| title13 = Evel Knievel
| writer13 = Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell
| length13 = 3:13
}}
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers- drums
- Jim "Moose" Brown- clavinet, organ, piano
- Melodie Crittenden- background vocals
- Eric Darken- percussion
- Shannon Forrest- drums
- Kevin "Swine" Grantt- bass guitar
- Alexandra Greer- background vocals
- Vicki Hampton- background vocals
- Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson- harmonica
- Mike Johnson- dobro, steel guitar
- Charlie Judge- piano
- Jeff King- electric guitar
- Andy Leftwich- fiddle, mandolin
- Craig Morgan- lead vocals
- Phil O'Donnell- electric guitar, background vocals
- Angela Primm- background vocals
- Russell Terrell- choir arrangements, background vocals
- John Willis- banjo, acoustic guitar
Chart performance
=Album=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (2008)
! Peak |
|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"| 39 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak chart |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:45px;"| US Country ! style="width:45px;"| US |
| 2008
| style="text-align:left;"| "Love Remembers" | 9 | 73 |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| "God Must Really Love Me" | 26 | — |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bonfire"
| 4 | 57 |
| 2010
| style="text-align:left;"| "This Ain't Nothin'" | 13 | 83 |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
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